About The Ultimate Electric Smoker Cookbook: Irresistible Smoker Recipes and a Step-By-Step Guide That Will Turn You Into a Pitmaster in No Time at All:
Craving the smoky goodness of brisket or pulled pork? This is the cookbook for you!
Something magical happens to food when you use smoke. However, traditional smokers are expensive, and can be unsafe and challenging to use. Electric smokers, on the other hand, are equipped with the latest safety features and technology, so smoking can be easy. In this book, you’ll learn how to shop for electric smokers by looking at features like:
Temperature control
Size
Construction material
Budget
Once you have your smoker, what can you smoke? The chapter on ingredients lays out an easy guide for choosing food and what tends to turn out really well in a smoker. Tough and fatty cuts do best, since the low and slow heat breaks down connective tissues and renders fat in a way other cooking methods don’t. You can also smoke vegetables, fruit, and – as you’ll see in the recipes – some other surprising foods. This book is packed with recipes designed for both beginners and more experienced cooks. Each one has nutritional info, wood chip recommendations, and step-by-step instructions. You’ll make dishes like:
Cajun chicken
Homemade smoked bacon
Blackberry smoked ribs
Texas-style brisket
Smoked cocoa-pepper ribs
Smoked shrimp
Candied salmon
Smoked mac ‘n cheese
Smoky lemon bars
Smoked cheesecake
There’s also a section on ideas for dry rubs, sauces, and brines. You have everything you need to get started! If you’ve been putting off smoking because it seems intimidating, this book demystifies all its aspects, and sets you up for a successful and delicious experience. Your family, friends, and anyone who walks by your house while your smoker is up and running will not be able to resist asking, “What’s cooking?”
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Author Bio:
Whether it was baking cookies with her mom or helping her dad in the backyard with the grill, Melissa Johnson always found a way to be around when someone was cooking. Her love of food followed her to college, where she was much more interested in spending time in the dorm kitchen than studying. After a transformative dinner party with an English professor hosting, Melissa realized that she could combine her love of food with her writing major. She began reviewing restaurants and recipes on a blog, and doing more research into food history.
Having realized what she wanted to do with her life, Melissa traveled the food capitals of the world once she graduated. She took classes, tasted as much good food as possible, and wrote. While in France, she met a fellow foodie. He followed her back to Illinois, and one year later, they got married. Together, they have two cats, two electric smokers, and about one hundred cookbooks.
When she isn’t working, Melissa loves being active both indoors and out. She’s a jammer in her local roller derby (where she goes by “Melly Machete”) and every year runs a half-marathon, usually in a city with some food she wants to try. Melissa’s “favorite things” include Julia Child’s French onion soup, chocolate mousse, and fresh strawberries right from the patch.